旅游团The Tour Group

New words

• 团tuán — group (旅游团 = tour group)
• 接待jiēdài — to receive (guests)
• 民族mínzú — ethnic group, nationality
• 民间mínjiān — folk (music, art)
• 各自gèzì — each, (each) one's own
• 分别fēnbié — separately; to part

The story

A：大家好！欢迎来西安！我姓李，今天我带你们这个团。Hello, everyone! Welcome to Xi'an! My name's Li, and I'm leading your group today.

A：我们团一共二十个人。大家看我手上的黄色！跟着黄色走！There are twenty of us in this group. Everyone watch the yellow in my hand! Follow the yellow!

A：这位外国朋友很高，很突出！找不到我，就找他！This foreign friend is very tall, he really stands out! If you can't find me, look for him!

大卫：马克，你什么都知道，为什么要跟团？Mark, you know everything. Why join a tour group?

马克：我想看看，她知道的是不是比我多。她有没有资格给我讲历史。I want to see if she knows more than I do. And whether she's qualified to teach me history.

A：西安是古代的首都，具有三千多年的历史！大家往左看！往右看！往前看！Xi'an was the capital in ancient times, and it has over three thousand years of history! Look left, everyone! Look right! Look straight ahead!

小雨：她说了两个小时了，一分钟也没停。她没有“休息”这个概念。She's been talking for two hours without stopping for a single minute. She has no concept of "rest".

大卫：这是她的优点，也是她的缺点。That's her strength, and also her weakness.

Opening the lesson…